Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1887-07-20
WASHINGTON.
Settlers on "Na Mans Land" Petition
tho President for ga Investigation
OF Th2ir Complaints.
nOred thu Interstate Commerce Law
Motif ID 10 Coma TO limo,
SEEKING PROTECTION .


SEEKING PROTECTION.
WASHINGTON, July IA petition
/ signed by ten residents Of MineTs! City
which is on the neutral strip known IS
'nO mans land" lying south Of Kansas,
has beer Ssreceived NY the President de-
/ prscatiDG MS failure 10 sign the bill
! passed By both houses of Congress 81 the
/ last session anneX!ug "no mans land" 20
the state Of Kansas. The petitions rep
resent that fOr years past that country
mass been mOnopolzsd by large and ia
/ hu5ntisl csttle companies, many Of them
foreign interpretations which hsve
fenced on for their own purposes
thousands of acres Of valuable land
/ and whose very aim is to keep cut the
/ honest AMI hard working farmer. The
/ petition states mat from twenty 10 thirty
/ families ere daily entering the strip and
/ locating, bulldog homes and breaking
ground tor crops. Railroads are making
surveys, and some are about commencing
/ 10 grade. TOwEs are spriDging up. Peo-
. pie are spending their money in building,
( ana vet they cannot get the title 10 the
ground ,hey ere building upon. Bust
ness y impedel because trade is uupro.
7 teCtcd. The petitioners ask that their
statements be investigated, and such SC
ton taken as will bes. protect them in
their rights.
WASHINGTON NOTES.
WASHINGTON, July 1.-The army re-
jiCiGg board, Of which QgaFtcrmaster
General HOIoird IS president, has rec.
commended the retire mcnt OF Captain J.
Z. Simpson, Of the Third cavalry, who is
now under treatment a. the government
hospital tor the insane. Captain Simp-
son Is the oGioer Wll created q scandal
ia Aai20uo few years ego by his con
duct with q notorious woman. He was
CuuIt-msrtia.yd sad sentenced to dis
Hi-s2L. President Arthur. however, disap-
proved the finding OiiSa c0urt-martislG ud
ordered the ON -Ci'S restoration 10 d9t5.
lie was OsirsCi5sd By his b-OLleC officers,
AMI was suD5eqH sent 20 ths insane
asylum for tEe&'msGt. lie viii PROBABLY
be- retired as soon IS vacancy occurs in
the retired list.
AN ElIpEE0R's REWARD.
The Secretary uf State has received
through the G-rusn minister at Wash
iIgtOn from the Emperor Of Germany s
Chyck FOR $1,000 aud two bands0ue gold
watches emJelished with likeness aud
monogram of TIE Emperor, with the re-
qassc t1&t ne money be divided equally
among the tamiIiea OF the five members
Of Jae lie. saving crew 1t Dan Neck Mills
Station, Virginia, who lost their lives in
attempting TO rescue The crew
Of the German snip, Elizabeth,
on tie s.h OF January last, and
thst the watches BE- presented TO
Frank Tedf9Td and Joseph T. E.heridcp,
she only survivors Of the lfe-saving GREY
TIE money aud watches have been JurGed
over - General Superintendent Nimbsu
Tor distribution.
TIE yANDALIA.
From information received a. The Navy
Dep2:e:aCul to-day it Is believed that the
Uoi:ed S'atcg ship Vauda}ia has srg,ged
az Honolulu, or Will do 60 in teT days
FREE GRASS.
10 reply 70 letter TO csttle owners on
the tract known as ono Mans Llndn
asking whether Q portion OF the aeYders
occupying tGe la0d can form 81 OrS9n.z7-
tjcu ard adopt 2 herd lsw to govern the
free range meu, LsEd Commissioner
Spares states that no person, orglniZ4-
ton or association h2s any right or color
e authority TO MIKE herd rcgu-
latiCns Or cry other regulations
ii respect 60 the occupation OF
lands IN the public land strip, "Tdern !
ere public laGds of the United States" |
continues the Commissioner, "ard never !
have been made subj c. TO lawful oCcTDa /
ton or entry under any Of lne pubic land /.
laws, and | have heretofore recommended 7.
the employment of military forces TO re- /
move thcreirom al who are not actull I
settlers o. VINO aIe using or controlling /,
IA re tlsn lG)secTeE."
pusTOFTICE Showing.
WASHINGToN, July 1.-The report Of .
t6a 5 Eth Auditor for the poslCGice de- ,
partmert for the third quarter OF the last /
fiscal year shows: Il 'c"ipfs, 5,GI2,lS7; /
expenditures, 5l5,273, j0S; deficiency,
$3.50 oil Tle deficiency for the first ,
three quarters Of tbe year was s. So, SIS,
gqinst s. $50. 4gi for the same portion |
Of tao year ending June 30, 1885, and S.
!t2ti1 for the FIRST three-qu3r,ers q the /
year ending June 80, 1850
GETTING AFTER EXPRESS COMPANIES.
WAsHINGTON, July l9-Three express
nave fled their schedules with
the interstate commerce commission.
To the others the fOllwiBg letter has been
INIER~TlTr COMMERCE CONWI>~GoN.
NNsmNGr =. u. c.. july II, lss'.
re the Express Company
CONFERENCE.-THE commission has OBJ
served your failure to comply with the
OF section G., az the act Of
Congress, approved February 4, 1887, en-
-itled, IAN act TO regulate commerce."
In view CT the time which hiss elapsed
since the law went into effect, il
is obvious this failure on your
part i intentional ord not merely mad
vertent. The reasons for the course :sken
by your company have not as yet been
igi6 before the commission, end il
has not as yet entertained
Of the question whether or
not the express companies are common
carriers subject 70 the provisions Of said
aCt further thaC t. say on april {, 1887,
IN answer to Ian enquiry By the Canadian
Express Company tlst until hesrirg up
on the subject is asked for, It VIII assume
tina, the lag does apply 10 such COnps-
MES. The commission Is now ready 70
Get definitely upon this subject. Your
is therefore notified and re
guessed to comply with the
provisions If said section forth.
with. Should you desire to be heard
upon the msttar, the mmission before
final action. Will entertsiu the considera-
e